laki
Pronunciation: /ˈlɑki/
“laki” is a Finnish word. Its 9 meanings in English:
noun
- act (a specific legal statute, inferior to a constitution)
- statute (written law, either a constitution or an act, as laid down by the legislature)
- law (collection of acts)
- code (official collection of laws)
- law (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena; mathematical or logical rule)
- summit (topmost point of e.g. a hill or trajectory)
- ceiling (overhead closure of a room, structure, etc.)
- crown (highest point or part of a tunnel)
- crown, obvert (highest point in a pipe)
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Swedish lagh (compare Swedish lag), from Old Norse lǫg.
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More Finnish words
- lakeinen
- lakelandinterrieri
- lakeus
- Lakhesis
- laki ja järjestys
- laki on niin kuin se luetaan
- lakialoite
- lakiasia
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